Vintage clothing shop and ephemera blog.
Here are some family and children photos from around 1938 (according to the date on the pics)…. the cute white pressed collars and simple clothing! It’s interesting to see the women wearing cloche-like turbans, showing that the fashion changes from the 1920s fashions were more gradual than merely stopping in 1929 (atleast for everyone but [...]
These were my elderly friend’s mother’s wedding photos, who got married in the 1930s. As you can see, she got it shot by the same St. Louis photographer who had shot her mother’s wedding portraits, J.J. Belka. The veil style is more of a close fitting cap, though not the cloche of the 1920s, and the [...]
All those ruffles and the elegant 1930s silhouette! Totally Old Hollywood Glamor, glamorous movie star inspired. Feminine. Caped back dresses and fancy collars! “Mannish” two piece outfits (which look like our modern skirt suit outfits)… The nautical inspired styles, and the liberal use of crepe fabrics (no wonder few pieces of clothing have survived). Especially interesting [...]
These useful measuring charts, found on the back of the ordering form of this 1935 family fashion catalog, include concise measuring instructions for clothing which are probably still useful today! It illustrates and instructs how to measure for hats, bonnets, dresses, mens’ suits, gloves, coats, girdles, corsets, brassiers, underwear, stockings, bloomers, sweaters… and anything wearable [...]
Here are some summer dress fashions from the 1935 Chicago Mail Order Catalog, including two full color pages. These old fashion catalog scans are lovely illustrations of the 1930s silhouette and dress lines. I scanned the whole layout, too, so you can get the full effect of the illustrations. ”Look as sweet as you are” the sepia [...]
At the end of the massive 1935 shoe section, there’s these two pages which include a miscellany of men’s summer suits, summer shoes, mens underwear (with a chest supporter that zips on??)… and the next page of women’s sportswear, pajamas, sandals, shorts with matching jersey tops, and wool swim suits. Interesting and overlooked details to [...]
These 1930s catalog scans start with the postage rate chart for 1935, and includes the next 13 pages of shoe advertisements! It’s interesting to see how much they charged for postage in the 30s… prices have gone up, but not as much compared to the price of shoes it seems! “Thrilling Styles, Priced Low”. Practical [...]
Here are the first few pages of the Chicago Mail Order Company’s 1935 Summer Catalogue (it says “Sale Ends August 31, 1935″ on the bottom of the front cover). These first few pages, after the initial 1935 ladies summer fashions, started with womens shoe fashions. Below are the first few pages, announcing their “Greatest Mid-Summer [...]
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